Harris RF planning to hire 100

Military and emergency response radio maker Harris RF Communications wants you — if you’re an engineer.

Rochester-based Harris RF is planning to hire several dozen engineers locally. The company has close to 90 local software, field-programmable gate array, electrical, and waveform engineering openings listed at its website.

Harris RF did not return calls seeking comment Tuesday.

The hiring comes even as Harris RF’s business has faced some challenges. In parent company Harris Corp.’s most-recent quarter, ending Sept. 27, Harris RF’s tactical radio revenues were down a fraction of a percent from the same quarter a year earlier, to $305 million, but orders were down 11 percent to $225 million.

In the public safety radio business, revenues were down 14 percent to $118 million, but orders were up 13 percent to $123 million. CEO William Brown recently told Wall Street analysts the company is hoping to see some tactical radio growth out of such new product initiatives as a recently launched ground-to-air radio for the international market and its latest backpack-portable radio for the U.S. Defense Department.

Harris RF cut close to 100 positions earlier this year as part of a companywide restructuring. It employs close to 2,200 locally.